Compli-Serve SA Archives

30 Nov 2023

South Africa’s revolutionary journey in ESG investing

By Staff Writer

By: James George, Compliance Manager, Compli-Serve SA South Africa’s journey towards ESG integration in investment management can be traced back to the late 20th century, leading up to today where ‘ESG’ is a concept commonly known across financial services. The end of apartheid in 1994 marked a new era, with an increased focus on corporate...

27 Jan 2023

Revised standard on cybersecurity and resilience to impact compliance for financial institutions

By Staff Writer

The Joint Standard aims to ensure that sound and robust processes are in place to manage cyber risks for specified financial institutions.

06 May 2022

Money laundering risks on the rise in real estate sector

By Staff Writer

Property practitioners in South Africa have been identified as potentially vulnerable to money-laundering and terrorist financing activities. Property investment is typically a stable asset and because of this, it can attract criminals as well as reputable buyers.

22 Feb 2022

Developments in UK crypto space could provide clues into SA’s crypto regulation plans

By Staff Writer

The proposals from the FCA consider ‘qualifying crypto-assets’ to be classified as high-risk and treated in the same way as peer-to-peer loans and non-readily realisable securities.

26 Aug 2021

Seeing compliance differently allows for the best business flow

By Staff Writer

Compliance can be low on the list of importance when businesses are struggling to keep their heads above water, due to concerns brought on by Covid-19, the economic uncertainty in the country and generally making ends meet. Nevertheless, compliance is a critical part of any business and to fall behind puts you in dangerous water that can sink you quickly, without proper care and planning.

22 Jun 2021

Compli-Serve SA secures compliance for Garrun Group

By Staff Writer

Compli-Serve SA is pleased to announce its appointment as external compliance officer to Garrun Group, a collective of authorised financial services providers in the South African short-term insurance industry. Compli-Serve Gauteng Director, Elzabe Botha has been appointed as manager on the Garrun account.

11 Jun 2021

Do we really need all this data?

By Staff Writer

Data is arguably the most valuable asset in the world, and as more and more of it is gathered, stored and shared, it’s a dynamic force that is forever shaping how the world works. The advent of POPIA from 1 July 2021 seeks to constrain free rein over data and will make us all look at how we collect information from subjects and to question what is necessary to gather.

03 Feb 2021

Choosing crypto-assets you can trust

By Staff Writer

There is much to reflect on regarding the recent Mirror Trading International (MTI) scam, which managed to attract investments of around 17 000 Bitcoin (almost R8.8bn at the time of writing), then magically disappeared through what appears to be a multi-level marketing scheme. Investment scams like these don’t yet fall under any specific regulation as crypto-assets remain largely ungoverned.

02 Feb 2021

New director appointed at Compli-Serve Gauteng

By Staff Writer

Compli-Serve Gauteng is pleased to announce the appointment of Elzabe Botha to the Board. Compli-Serve offers regulatory advisory and compliance services to the financial services sector.

08 Apr 2020

Shifting the status quo

By Janice Roberts

If Covid-19 has taught us anything, it’s that we need to be prepared, even for the unthinkable. As technology further shapes financial services (some may say how it currently stands was unthinkable some years ago), it’s one area where we can prepare, while adapting to managing risks before they happen.

05 Feb 2020

Ethics drive trust more than competence

By Janice Roberts

Ethics is considered three times more important to company trust than competence, according to the 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer. Launched at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, the annual survey, which tracks trust and credibility across 28 global markets is now in its 20th year. Respondents are asked to assess business, NGOs, government and...

15 Jan 2020

Feeling the way through FICA

By Janice Roberts

By James George, Compliance Manager at Compli-Serve SA. As things currently stand, providers of short-term insurance are not deemed accountable institutions. Discussions are in progress within the corridors of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) to determine whether they will be brought under the ambit. As the FIC is the body responsible for identifying the proceeds...